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S. T. ATKIN.

WATER 0UP FOR STOVE PIPES.

No. 313,273. Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

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SAMUEL T. ATKIN, OF GEORGETOWN,

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TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OLIVER STEELE, OF SAME PLACE.

WATER-CUP FO R STOVE-Pl PES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,273, dated March 3, 1885.

Application filed J 1115 29, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. ATKIN, of Georgetown, in the county of Williamson and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Water-Cup for Stove-Pipes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to water cups or vessels arranged on the outside of stove-pipes,

and whereby the heat of the pipe of the stove is made to evaporate the water for the purpose of imparting moisture to the air of the apartment containing the stove and so improving the healthiness and pleasantness of the atmosphere of the room.

The invention consists in a water cup or receptacle of any desired pattern, either plain or ornamental, and of any suitable material, constructed to partly encircle the stove-pipe and with hooks or slotted ears on its sides, Whereby it may readily be hung on the protruding ends of the damper-spindle, or other spindle or rod passed through the pipe, or on studs I or pin-like projections specially provided on the sides ofthe pipe for the purpose, and be securely held in place with its inner face resting against or closely hugging the pipe, and which cup may as readily be detached when not required to be used or when it is necessary to remove it for the purpose of cleaning it or when taking down the pipe. Such hooking construction of the cup also not only pro vides for its convenient attachment and de tachment, as described, but also for its readily 3 5 being transferred from a stove in one room to a like structure in another apartment, and the protruding ends of thedamper-spindles in the pipes may commonly be utilized as a ready means for suspending or attaching the cup,

thus dispensing with bands and other like fastenings for attaching it to the pipe.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate 4 5 corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective with my improved water-cup in one of its forms suspended on the protruding ends of (No model.)

the spindle of the damper in the pipe, and Fig. 2 a plan of the same with the pipe-section containing the damper in transverse section. i

A is the water cup or receptacle of concave shape on the inner side, 1;, corresponding to the curvature of the st0ve-pipe section B, or thereabout, so as to closely hug and partly encircle the pipe for the purpose of transmitting the heat fIOIIl the pipe to the water in the cup to produce the required evaporation The upper portion of said cup of the water. is constructed or provided on opposite sides or outer margins of its inner curved face with hook-shaped projections or slotted ears C 0 opening downward, whereby the cup may readily be attached to or detached from the pipe by hooking it on or unhooking it from the protruding ends of the spindle D of the damper E in the pipe, as hereinbefore desoribed.'

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In water cups or receptacles for stovepipes, the cup or receptacle constructed to partly encircle and hug the pipe on its one side and with slotted ears or hooks on opposite sides of it, whereby the cup may be securely suspended on or connected with the pipe and be readily attached and detached therefrom as required, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the stove-pipe or Stovepipe section B and its damper-spindle D, arranged to project through said pipe-section on its opposite sides, of the outside water cup or receptacle constructed to partly encircle and hug said pipe-section, and with slotted ears or hooks O on opposite sides of it arranged to engage with. or over the protruding ends of the damper-spindle, essentially as described.

SAMUEL T. ATKIN.

- Witnesses:

J. M. SHELL, GEORGE RoUsER. 

